Junior Summer Camp
for teenagers aged 12 to 17
June 25 - August 10 2018
The ISI “English in Action” summer camp is a fun and exciting way for teenagers to learn
English. Located in the city centre, just five minutes from O’Connell Street, the pro-
gramme includes 20 hours tuition per week and over 25 hours of stimulating social & cul-
tural activities. Classes combine General English Lessons with English in Action Projects,
aimed at building confidence when using English in everyday situations. Our friendly host
families live 35 minutes from the city centre, with direct access by public transport. The
activity programme combines sporting, cultural and engaging activities designed to chal-
lenge and inspire our students. With activities every afternoon, two evenings per week
and one full day tour at the weekend, this is a programme students will not forget.
School facilities
The camp takes place in Belvedere College, a prestigious and historic private high school in the
heart of Dublin’s City Centre. The school is a renowned centre of excellence, where students will
walk in the footsteps of James Joyce, who was a student there in 1894. The school boasts excel-
lent facilities which we are delighted to offer
to our students including:
bright classrooms with digital whiteboards
canteen and courtyard for relaxing breaks
outdoor secure courtyard
indoor heated swimming pool
all weather outdoor sports pitch
Indoor gym hall
We use a select group of friendly host families who are all very experienced in welcoming interna-
tional students into their home. These families all live within the same area which means students
of all nationalities can take public transport together, and have company during their free time.
35-minute commute to the city centre & school
Shared rooms, with students of same age
Full board; breakfast, packed lunch and hot dinner
Accommodation in Host Families
This programme consists of 20 hours tuition per week, including General English and English in
Action Projects, designed to encourage interaction in a practical environment. With General Eng-
lish lessons taking place in the classroom, English in Action Projects are a wonderful opportunity
to engage with local, native speakers through street surveys, interviews, educational role plays,
and short trips to the vast array of local markets.
Our highly qualified and experienced teachers have been handpicked for their dynamic and ener-
getic teaching approach, guaranteeing an engaging and rewarding student experience.
Students will cover 2-3 topics per week. Some of these topics are listed below:
The Social Programme encourages students to utilise their Morning Lessons, through a series of
activities & excursions that reflect their classroom activities of reading, speaking, vocabulary and
listening exercises.
Lesson themes
English in Action Projects (English outside the classroom)
Students are encouraged to present their findings from each project to the class in the form of a
lively presentation, debate, etc., and are encouraged to make use of the whiteboards and com-
puters to illustrate their findings.
The class is given an opportunity to ask questions about the presentation, and a vote is taken at
the end of the lesson to decide which projects were the most engaging, informative, and educa-
tional. Below are some descriptive examples of the engaging English in Action Projects the stu-
dents will participate in:
In small groups, in class, students pick a location to visit in Ireland and pre-
pare questions about this imagined trip. Keeping this progress in mind, stu-
dents visit a nearby Tourist Office, interviewing local guides and staff, and
collecting information leaflets, recording this information for later use. They
bring the information gathered during the class trip back to class to complete
the tasks set by the teacher.
In class, students learn about different Irish folklore stories, including “The
Children of Lir”, and are encouraged to use their imagination in developing
characters and dialogues for a story of their choosing. They visit the Garden
of Remembrance, and act out scenes from their story, or reimagine the
mythical tale beneath the statue of the Children of Lir.
Tourist Office
Crime & Punishment
Music, Movies & Art
Pop Culture & Social Media
Irish Culture
History & Folklore
Adventure & Travel
Shopping
Money & Advertising
Health, Medicine & Science
Garden of
Remembrance
In pairs, students develop a list of interview questions about a topic of per-
sonal interest to them (sport, music, current affairs, etc). Students are then
brought to O’Connell/Henry Street, the heart of Dublin City, and in their pairs
engage with the public, under the supervision of their teacher.
Students prepare a list of survey questions in the classroom, about a specific
topic of personal interest to them (e.g. sport, music, current affairs). They
then visit other classes in their pairs to conduct a radio interview with fellow
international students, teachers, and members of staff.
Students prepare vocabulary and questions related to food and shopping.
They rehearse role plays with each other where they are monitored for errors
and coherence, preparing them for conversational English with local Irish
people. They then go out in small, supervised groups to local markets near
O’Connell Street/Henry Street, an area made famous by Molly Malone.
Students begin with a classroom lesson focusing on the Dublin’s proud cul-
ture of Irish and International art. A visit to the famed Hugh Lane Gallery is
their next stop, where an interactive questionnaire is to be completed by en-
gaging with Gallery Staff, Visitors, and using the exhibitions on display.
Hugh Lane
Gallery
Street Surveys
Interviews
Local Market
Visit
Learning Aims
Developing student autonomy, instilling confidence, and creating intrigue is at the core of
English in Action Projects. While the nuances of improving speaking and listening skills
with a focus on fluency and coherence, developing note-taking skills, promoting and en-
couraging functional language in realistic situations are each fine-tuned in the General
English Lessons, within the classroom.
We develop these skills through roleplays, debates, discussions,
presentations, interactive mingling activities, songs & poetry, vocabu-
lary games such as “back to the board” and “grass skirts”, podcasts
and TED talk activities, questionnaires, “show and tell” activities, inter-
active computer-based activities. Our specially selected teachers are
meticulous in monitoring and checking for fluency and coherence.
Students improve these skills via a refreshing use of Realia, with an
emphasis on newspapers, magazines, local & international maps, in-
ternet blogs & articles, comics, posters, interactive online exercises,
story and script writing, social media simulations, etc. Students are
encouraged to consolidate and reinforce their vocabulary and commu-
nicative skills through focused tasks set by their experienced teachers.
Speaking, Listen-
ing & Vocabulary
Skills
Reading, Writing
& Grammar Skills
Evening Events
Every Wednesday and Friday students take part in our evening events. Evening events are all
hosted in the city-centre close to the school. Events take place after the afternoon activities and a
light meal is provided before the event. Following the event students take their usual public
transport home and students are escorted to the main stops in the city-centre by ISI staff. Evening
events are hosted from 6-9pm so students will all be traveling home in daylight before 10pm.
We challenge students to flex their brain muscles with the ISI Quiz Night. Jam
packed with general knowledge, Irish culture questions and fun action rounds
students will need to work together to win big prizes!
Students can relax and unwind with a selection of the best new and classic
movies, we include free popcorn and optional subtitles.
Our live theatre shows are a mixture of comedy sketches and performances
that help explain Irish culture to international students of all levels in an enter-
taining way .
Music fans will love our live Music performance by one of Dublin up and com-
ing young bands. Students are guaranteed to love this act.
Every Friday throughout the Summer Camp we have a disco to welcome all
our new arrivals and say goodbye to all those students finishing their summer
camp experience.
Table Quiz
Movie Night
Live Theatre
Live Music
Disco
Date Activity: 14:30—16:45
25-Jun Monday Sports & Outdoors (New students walking tour)
26-Jun Tuesday Christchurch Cathedral & Dublinia
27-Jun Wednesday National Gallery and Natural History Museum
28-Jun Thursday Croke Park Museum
29-Jun Friday Jeannie Johnson Famine Ship
30-Jul Saturday Kilkenny Castle and City
Timetable - Social and Sporng Acvies
Overview
Our activity programme is
designed to give students
the perfect mix of sports,
social and cultural activities.
There are over 25 hours of
entertainment every week,
including two evenings and
one full day bus tour at the
weekend.
Evening Events
We offer two evening
events per week. These
events take place in the city
centre. After the events stu-
dents take their normal bus-
es home.
Movie nights
Disco
Table quiz
Live Theatre
Live Music
Sports
We will play sports for 1
hour every Monday to
Thursday., making use of
the excellent facilities on the
school campus:
Rounders
Soccer
Swimming (indoor pool)
Basketball
Volleyball
2
WEEK
1
WEEK
3
WEEK
4
WEEK
Date Activity: 14:30—16:45
02-Jul Monday Sports & Outdoors (New students walking tour)
03-Jul Tuesday Malahide Castle
04-Jul Wednesday Archaeology Museum
05-Jul Thursday Trinity College and the Book of Kells
06-Jul Friday Street Performance Festival
07-Jul Saturday Causey Farm Experience
Date Activity: 14:30—16:45
09-Jul Monday Sports & Outdoors (New students walking tour)
10-Jul Tuesday Creepy Church Crypt Tour
11-Jul Wednesday Temple Bar Challenge Scavenger Hunt
12-Jul Thursday Botanic Gardens & Glasnevin Cemetery
13-Jul Friday Irish dancing Lessons
14-Jul Saturday Galway City Tour
Date Activity: 14:30—16:45
16-Jun Monday Sports & Outdoors (New students walking tour)
17-Jun Tuesday Howth Walking Tour
18-Jul Wednesday EPIC Ireland
19-Jul Thursday Dalkey Castle
20-Jul Friday St. Patricks Cathedral and Parks
21-Jul Saturday Glendalough and Bray Air Show
Time Mon – Fri Sat or Sun
09:00 - 11:00 Classes
Full day
Bus Tour
11:00 - 11:30 Break
11:30 - 13:30 Classes
13:30 - 14:15 Lunch
14:15 - 16:45 Activity (1 –2 per day)
19:30 - 21:30 2 Evening activities (Wed & Fri)*
4-week cycle
After week 4 the activity
programme repeats weeks
1-3 which means that any
student that books a 4-week
programme or less is guar-
anteed not to repeat an ac-
tivity. All entry and travel
costs have been included in
the fees, and all activities
are supervised by an ISI
team member. Sundays are
always free to spend with
the host family or group
leader.
TIMETABLE
The Summer Camp programme includes one full day tour per week. Our 2018 tours include;
Kilkenny Castle and City
Only 2hrs from Dublin, Kilkenny is the prefect choice for tourists and Dubliners alike. Students will
have plenty of time to explore Kilkenny’s ancient laneways, medieval architecture and old world
charm on this wonderful day tour. We also provide a guided tour of Kilkenny’s majestic 12
th
Cen-
tury Castle where students will uncover the murky history of its past residents.
Causey Farm
Students will experience life on a real Irish Farm. Causey Farm is a fun based venue for a variety
of entertainment, tourism and educational programs. Students will get to participate in all sorts of
traditional Irish activities and learn about Irish culture through traditional rural pastimes.
Galway City
Arty, Bohemian Galway is renowned for its cobbled streets, stone clad café, art galleries and tra-
ditional Irish music scene, wander down any street and you are likely to hear traditional musicians
playing their hearts out. Students will enjoy a professionally guided tour of this charming city with
plenty of free time for shopping and exploring.
Glendalough and Bray Air Show
Glendalough is a place of calm, iconic beauty and home to St. Kevin's monastery. Students will
enjoy an idyllic hike through its peaceful valleys with an ISI guide. Afterwards, we stop at the Bray
Air Show to see Ireland’s biggest and best air display.
Belfast City Tour
Belfast is Northern Ireland’s capital city and birthplace of the Titanic. Students will enjoy a profes-
sional walking tour around the city centre taking in all the sights Belfast as to offer. Students will
learn about the city's troubled past and bright future. After the walking tour students will have
plenty of free time for shopping and exploring.
Weekend Tours
All packages include:
Return airport transfers
Full board host family
7 day travel pass per week
20 hours tuition per week
5 weekday afternoon activities
2 evening activities (Mon to Fri)
1 full day bus tour at the weekend
1 free leader per 15 students
Fees and services
Arrival & Extra Nights Price
Host Family: Arrival on any date accepted but weekends preferred. Class projects start each
Monday so if students arrive mid-week they will miss the start of a class project.
€25 pn
Supplements Price
Late Arrival: If your flight is booked to arrive between (10am to 3am) or depart (3am to 9am) €25 pp
Extra Group Leaders 1 Week 2 Weeks 3 Weeks 4 Weeks
Single room in host family €270 €510 €745 €980
Single room in local 3 star hotel full board €749 €1,477 €2,205 €2,933
Individual Students
Aged 12 to 17
Group
15+
Weeks
Price
1 €799
2 €1,280
3 €1,870
4 €2,375
5 €2,980
6 €3,570
All fees must be paid 100% in advance. Final confirmation of host family details will be sent at least two
weeks prior to arrival.
For more information contact: ISI, 4 Meetinghouse Lane, Mary’s Abbey, Dublin 7
T: +353 1 87 27 888 E: info@isi-ireland.ie W: www.studyinireland.ie